132nd Air Refueling Squadron

132d Air Refueling Squadron
132d Air Refueling Squadron Emblem
Active	19??-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	Air National Guard/Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ	Portland International Airport
Nickname(s)	Maineiacs

132d ARS KC-135Es at Pisa, Italy, in 1996.

The 132d Air Refueling Squadron flies the KC-135R Stratotanker. It is a unit of the Maine Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 101st Air Refueling Wing.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 382d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 28 Jan 1942.

Activated on 2 Mar 1942

Re-designated: 382d Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 Ju1 1942

Re-designated: 528th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 30 Sep 1943

Re-designated: 528th Fighter Squadron on 30 May 1944

Inactivated on 6 Jan 1946

• Re-designated: 132d Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Maine ANG, on 24 May 1946.

Re-designated: 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1950

Federalized and placed on active duty, 10 February 1951

Designated as 101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 10 February 1951

Re-designated: 132d Fighter Squadron (Jet), 1 March 1951

Released from active duty and returned to Maine state control, 1 November 1952

Re-designated: 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 December 1952

Re-designated: 132d Air Refueling Squadron, 1976-Present

Assignments

• 311th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 2 Mar 1942-6 Jan 1946
• Maine Air National Guard, 24 May 1946

Allocated to: Continental Air Command, 1946

Allocated to:Air Defense Command, 1950

Allocated to: Strategic Air Command, 1976

Allocated to: Air Mobility Command, 1 Jun3 1992-Present

Stations

• Will Rogers Field, Okla, 2 Mar 1942
• Hunter Field, Ga, 4,Jul 1942;
• Waycross, Ga, 22 Oct 1942-18 Jul 1943;
• Nawadih, India, 14 Sep 1943
• Dinjan, India, 11 Oct 1943
• Tingkawk Sakan, Burma, 14 May 1944
• Shwangliu, China, 24 Aug 1944

Detachments operated from Hanchung, China, and Liangshan, China, Sep iw4-Jan 1945

Detachments operated from Hsian, China, beginning 15 Feb 1945

• Hsian, China, Aug 1945
• Shanghai, China, 22 Oct-14 Dec 1945
• Ft Lawton, Wash, 4-6 Jan 1946
• Dow Army Airfield (later: Air Force Base), Maine, 1946
• Bangor International Airport, Maine, 1968-Present

Aircraft

• V-72 1942
• A-36 1943-1944
• P-51 Mustang, 1944-1945
• P-47D Thunderbolt, 1947-1948
• P-51D Mustang, 1949
• P-80C Shooting Star, 1949-1952
• F-86F Sabre 1952-1955
• F-94A Starfire, 1955-1957

• F-89D Scorpion, 1957-1959
• F-89J Scorpion, 1959-1969
• F-102A Delta Dagger 1959
• F-101B Voodoo 1969-1976
• KC-135A Stratotanker, 1976-1984
• KC-135E Stratotanker, 1984-2007
• KC-135R Stratotanker, 2007-Present

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
• Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.

External links

• 132d Air Refueling Squadron at globalsecurity.org